The president is running around saying there are 47 million uninsured but that's a distortion and exaggeration according to an analysis provided by David Limbaugh. SEE HEREWhat's the reality?
A large part of the number is made up of folks that have not had health insurance for only a couple of months. 38% (18 million) is made up of folks making over $50,000 per year, 10 million of whom are making more than $75,000 — they don't have insurance by choice because they're young and they have made the decision that they don't need health insurance. So "naughty, naughty" we're going to fix that and make them! Yeah, that's the ticket!
Another 14 million of the "uninsured" are eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP but they have not enrolled. How is that uninsured?
And it goes that way. Read it. The bottom line is that the number of chronically uninsured is about eight million. So what's the distortion ratio? Five hundred and eighty-seven percent — and the question is how large does it have to be before "lying" is the proper characterization? I think maybe 200% to 250% is about the right number for inadvertent exaggeration. Numbers bigger than that are contrived. They're lying! Tyranny Rising!
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